Travel-well
Cultural primers, travel philosophy, and the thinking behind well-designed trips. Travel-Well is where I share what I've learned from years of designing European itineraries; the museums worth your morning, the pacing that actually lets you absorb a place, and the details most travelers don't think to consider until they're already there.
The AI-generated Italy itinerary had the right cities, reasonable properties, and a polished day-by-day layout. It also had outdated restaurants, a 55-minute JFK connection, and a pace that would have wrecked the trip. Here’s what I found when I designed the same trip myself.
You come home with photos you barely recall taking and a vague sense that you were somewhere beautiful, but you can’t quite say what it felt like to be there.
Some trips confirm what you already believed. The Amazon did something different. A travel designer on what the jungle teaches about fear, connection, and the kind of travel that stays with you.
